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See also: Revolver, revólver, and revòlver

English

revolver (sense 1)

Etymology

revolve +‎ -er, coined by American inventor Samuel Colt in 1835.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
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  • Rhymes: -ɒlvə(ɹ)

Noun

revolver (plural revolvers)

  1. (firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
    Synonyms: wheelgun, Colt
    Hyponyms: six-gun, six-shooter
  2. (by extension) Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.
  3. (finance) Synonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.
    • 2023 December 16, “Musk told lenders they would not lose money on Twitter deal”, in FT Weekend, Companies & Markets, page 10:
      The debt is split between $6.5bn of term loans, as well as $6bn of senior and junior bonds and a $500mn revolver.
  4. agent noun of revolve; something that revolves.

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants of revolver in other languages

Translations

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “revolver”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver

  1. revolver pistol

Declension

Declension of revolver
nominative revolver
genitive revolverniñ
dative revolverge
accusative revolverni
locative revolverde
ablative revolverden

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

revolver m inan

  1. revolver (handgun)

Declension

Declension of revolver (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative revolver revolvery
genitive revolveru revolverů
dative revolveru revolverům
accusative revolver revolvery
vocative revolvere revolvery
locative revolveru revolverech
instrumental revolverem revolvery

Related terms

Further reading

  • revolver in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • revolver in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Pronunciation

Noun

revolver m (plural revolvers, diminutive revolvertje n)

  1. revolver

Hypernyms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Pronunciation

Noun

revolver m (plural revolvers)

  1. revolver (gun)

Derived terms

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: re‧vol‧ver
  • Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

revolver (plural revolverek)

  1. revolver

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative revolver revolverek
accusative revolvert revolvereket
dative revolvernek revolvereknek
instrumental revolverrel revolverekkel
causal-final revolverért revolverekért
translative revolverré revolverekké
terminative revolverig revolverekig
essive-formal revolverként revolverekként
essive-modal — —
inessive revolverben revolverekben
superessive revolveren revolvereken
adessive revolvernél revolvereknél
illative revolverbe revolverekbe
sublative revolverre revolverekre
allative revolverhez revolverekhez
elative revolverből revolverekből
delative revolverről revolverekről
ablative revolvertől revolverektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		revolveré revolvereké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		revolveréi revolverekéi
Possessive forms of revolver
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. revolverem revolvereim
2nd person sing. revolvered revolvereid
3rd person sing. revolvere revolverei
1st person plural revolverünk revolvereink
2nd person plural revolveretek revolvereitek
3rd person plural revolverük revolvereik

Derived terms

Further reading

  • revolver in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈvɔl.ver/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlver
  • Hyphenation: re‧vòl‧ver

Noun

revolver m (invariable)

  1. revolver (handgun)
    Synonyms: pistola a tamburo, rivoltella
  2. rotating attachment, on a camera, having multiple lenses

References

  1. ^ revolver in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver m (definite singular revolveren, indefinite plural revolvere, definite plural revolverne)

  1. a revolver
    Han fikk tak i en revolver.
    He got hold of a revolver.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver m (definite singular revolveren, indefinite plural revolverar, definite plural revolverane)

  1. a revolver
    Han fekk tak i ein revolver.
    He got hold of a revolver.

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin revolvere (“to turn over, to roll back, to reflect upon”), from re- (“back, again”) + volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: re‧vol‧ver

Verb

revolver (first-person singular present revolvo, first-person singular preterite revolvi, past participle revolvido, short past participle revolto)

  1. to turn over (e.g., earth)
  2. to roll (the eyes)
  3. to go through (e.g., archives)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of revolver (irregular short past participle) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal revolver
Personal revolver revolveres revolver revolvermos revolverdes revolverem
Gerund
revolvendo
Short past participle
Masculine revolto1 revoltos1
Feminine revolta1 revoltas1
Long past participle
Masculine revolvido2 revolvidos2
Feminine revolvida2 revolvidas2
Indicative
Present revolvo revolves revolve revolvemos revolveis revolvem
Imperfect revolvia revolvias revolvia revolvíamos revolvíeis revolviam
Preterite revolvi revolveste revolveu revolvemos revolvestes revolveram
Pluperfect revolvera revolveras revolvera revolvêramos revolvêreis revolveram
Future revolverei revolverás revolverá revolveremos revolvereis revolverão
Conditional revolveria revolverias revolveria revolveríamos revolveríeis revolveriam
Subjunctive
Present revolva revolvas revolva revolvamos revolvais revolvam
Imperfect revolvesse revolvesses revolvesse revolvêssemos revolvêsseis revolvessem
Future revolver revolveres revolver revolvermos revolverdes revolverem
Imperative
Affirmative revolve revolva revolvamos revolvei revolvam
Negative (não) não revolvas não revolva não revolvamos não revolvais não revolvam

1Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
2Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.

Related terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French revolver.

Noun

revolver n (plural revolvere)

  1. revolver, pistol

Declension

Declension of revolver
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) revolver revolverul (niște) revolvere revolverele
genitive/dative (unui) revolver revolverului (unor) revolvere revolverelor
vocative revolverule revolverelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reʋǒlʋer/
  • Hyphenation: re‧vol‧ver

Noun

revòlver m (Cyrillic spelling рево̀лвер)

  1. revolver

Declension

Declension of revolver
singular plural
nominative revolver revolveri
genitive revolvera revolvera
dative revolveru revolverima
accusative revolver revolvere
vocative revolveru revolveri
locative revolveru revolverima
instrumental revolverom revolverima

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin revolvere (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back, again”) + volvō (“roll”). Cognate with English revolve although a false friend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rebolˈbeɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧vol‧ver

Verb

revolver (first-person singular present revuelvo, first-person singular preterite revolví, past participle revuelto)

  1. to stir, to mix
  2. to jumble up, to disarrange
  3. to turn over, to poke about, to rummage around in
  4. to consider, to turn over, to ponder
  5. to disturb, to stir up, to upset
  6. to swing around
  7. to wrap, to wrap up
  8. to turn 360 degrees, to revolve

Usage notes

  • Revolver is a false friend, and does not mean a type of gun in Spanish. The Spanish word for that English meaning of revolver is revólver.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of revolver (irregular; o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive revolver
gerund revolviendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular revuelto revuelta
plural revueltos revueltas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present revuelvo revuelvestú
revolvésvos 		revuelve revolvemos revolvéis revuelven
imperfect revolvía revolvías revolvía revolvíamos revolvíais revolvían
preterite revolví revolviste revolvió revolvimos revolvisteis revolvieron
future revolveré revolverás revolverá revolveremos revolveréis revolverán
conditional revolvería revolverías revolvería revolveríamos revolveríais revolverían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present revuelva revuelvastú
revolvásvos2 		revuelva revolvamos revolváis revuelvan
imperfect
(ra) 		revolviera revolvieras revolviera revolviéramos revolvierais revolvieran
imperfect
(se) 		revolviese revolvieses revolviese revolviésemos revolvieseis revolviesen
future1 revolviere revolvieres revolviere revolviéremos revolviereis revolvieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative revuelvetú
revolvévos 		revuelva revolvamos revolved revuelvan
negative no revuelvas no revuelva no revolvamos no revolváis no revuelvan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of revolver (irregular; o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive revolver
dative revolverme revolverte revolverle, revolverse revolvernos revolveros revolverles, revolverse
accusative revolverme revolverte revolverlo, revolverla, revolverse revolvernos revolveros revolverlos, revolverlas, revolverse
with gerund revolviendo
dative revolviéndome revolviéndote revolviéndole, revolviéndose revolviéndonos revolviéndoos revolviéndoles, revolviéndose
accusative revolviéndome revolviéndote revolviéndolo, revolviéndola, revolviéndose revolviéndonos revolviéndoos revolviéndolos, revolviéndolas, revolviéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative revuelve
dative revuélveme revuélvete revuélvele revuélvenos not used revuélveles
accusative revuélveme revuélvete revuélvelo, revuélvela revuélvenos not used revuélvelos, revuélvelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative revolvé
dative revolveme revolvete revolvele revolvenos not used revolveles
accusative revolveme revolvete revolvelo, revolvela revolvenos not used revolvelos, revolvelas
with formal second-person singular imperative revuelva
dative revuélvame not used revuélvale, revuélvase revuélvanos not used revuélvales
accusative revuélvame not used revuélvalo, revuélvala, revuélvase revuélvanos not used revuélvalos, revuélvalas
with first-person plural imperative revolvamos
dative not used revolvámoste revolvámosle revolvámonos revolvámoos revolvámosles
accusative not used revolvámoste revolvámoslo, revolvámosla revolvámonos revolvámoos revolvámoslos, revolvámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative revolved
dative revolvedme not used revolvedle revolvednos revolveos revolvedles
accusative revolvedme not used revolvedlo, revolvedla revolvednos revolveos revolvedlos, revolvedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative revuelvan
dative revuélvanme not used revuélvanle revuélvannos not used revuélvanles, revuélvanse
accusative revuélvanme not used revuélvanlo, revuélvanla revuélvannos not used revuélvanlos, revuélvanlas, revuélvanse

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English revolver.

Noun

revolver c

  1. a revolver (firearm)

Declension

Declension of revolver 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative revolver revolvern revolvrar revolvrarna
Genitive revolvers revolverns revolvrars revolvrarnas

References

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